Intel Launches Pentium Extreme Edition 955

BSG Man writes "Intel's 3.46 GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 955 dual-core processor launches today, and HotHardware has a full review with benchmarks on Intel's new i975X Express based D975XBX motherboard. This processor is based on Intel's 65nm (or .065 micron) Presler core with 2MB of full speed, on-die L2 cache dedicated to each core, for a whopping 4MB of total L2 cache. As expected, the new Pentium Extreme Edition 955 scores well in encoding, desktop business and a few professional rendering tests but overall it's given a run for its money by AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ dual-core processor, especially in gaming scenarios."

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How about Management Code?

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the new Pentium Extreme Edition 955 scores well in encoding, desktop business and a few professional rendering tests but overall it's given a run for its money by AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ dual-core processor, especially in gaming scenarios."

Maybe it can help Intel figure out where they're screwing up, of course most processors we've had to look at in the past two years haven't been able to crunch management code with all it's arcane logic through layers of project management, from design to marketing through financial vetting ("What I want to know is, will it in any way harm the value of stock?") around last minute bug fix and a** covering corners to actual production.

Wow! Look at it run benchmarks!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I was just reading CPU magazine, and there was an interesting article about benchmarks, and how useless they can be. Who buys a processor just so they can have high benchmarks? Hopefully no one would admit to doing that here on /. Its much more about usability, and not "Oh, look at my 3dmark scores!!!".

And is it just me, or does this article sound like the author has a big check from Intel sitting in his bank account?